ROUND 1 RESULTS Brazil over Belgium Mexico over Turkey Holland over Portugal Germany over Czech Republic Argentina over Denmark France over Italy United States over England Spain over Ireland SO...THE LOSERS BRACKET ROUND 1-TAKE YOUR PICS Belgium vs.Turkey Portugal vs. Czech Republic Denmark vs. Italy England vs. Ireland
Belgium eliminates Turkey, 2-1 - Tough loss puts a dent in Turkish aspirations at the international level Portugal eliminates Czech Republic, 1-0 aet - Golden goal by the last of the golden generation Italy eliminates Denmark, 3-0 - Unexpected goal flurry by Italians surprises Danes England eliminates Ireland, 3-1 - English save face with convincing win over Irish
TUR d BEL 2-0. The '02 bronze winners are too strong. POR d. CZE. 3-0. Selecao Lite has a bit of a kick. ITA d. DEN 2-1. The Azzurri's talent finally gets used for proper, attacking ball. ENG d. IRE 1-0. Keane's absence makes the difference.
2 Belgium Turkey 2 van der heyden 12' kahveci 15' sonck 87' emre 57' turkey wins on PKs 4-3 a match filled with heart - blood sweat and tears left on the pitch - tugay sent off in the 75th minute for a reckless challenge on bart goor nearly costs turkey the result 1 Portugal Czech Republic 3 pauleta 85' koller 22' smicer 35' (PK) baros 88' the physicality of the czechs wins the day against a club quickly becoming underachievers after teasing at euro2000 2 Denmark Italy 2 tomasson 44' vieri 25' rommedahl 63' del piero 89' italy wins on PKs 3-2 cattenaccio nearly lays another egg but ADP emerges with his familiar heroics to send it into extras - toldo justifies his selection with 2 big stops on tomasson when the score is 2-1 3 England Ireland 2 beckham 17' keane 45+ owen 54' keane 86' rooney 112' the boy wonder fires in from 25 meters against the run of play to save englands blushes - a fast paced, physical tussle with not one but two robbie k backflip/archery celebrations - rio loses keane twice but clears a duff effort from the line in the extra session